XGinga
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Trindall had a good game in Nsw cup today. If he picks on form I'd pick Trindall over Tracey. Keep Tracey at centre for another game.
NRL Round 3: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks vs. Parramatta Eels, Saturday 27 March 7:35pm @ Bankwest Stadium
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Trindall had a good game in Nsw cup today. If he picks on form I'd pick Trindall over Tracey. Keep Tracey at centre for another game.
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Jaws
Why doesn’t Morris just bring back Johnson. Poor bloke isn’t getting a run and Chad is.
No points but atleast giving ourselves a better chance. We were 0 chance with Chad there probably 20% with anyone else.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
No one is saying that mate, he is not the greatest halfback I will grant you that but he doesn’t deserve criticism in this game tonight.
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But we do critcise him when we have a full strength team. The thing is halves don't need to be benched or subbed, forwards do. He needed to take control and be dominant with his kicking and organising, he wasn't. He isn't in other games either when we have a full team.
Sir Chadley
Jaws
No mate, people have been criticising BHU, Moyza, the coach, lots of people not just Chad.
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Jaws
It was funny watching the earlier game.
Chad came up on the stats with one of the highest try assist counts in the comp
Chad came up on the stats with one of the highest try assist counts in the comp
Sir Chadley
Jaws
“Sigh.”
I know that mate and I’m happy for you to do that. I’m right with you there.
I’m saying it’s harsh to criticise him tonight. He’s not why we lost.
Greg86
Great White
Halfback live by the sword die by the sword. When a team is flying the Half is getting complemented all day. Rough patch and they get grilled. They are the captain of the ship. A position with a lot of external pressure. Chads games do get put under a microscope but unfortunately that’s the way it is.
I agree that it's not why we lost, but disagree that we shouldn't critique him.
While the win was out of reach once we started the second half with no bench, it was a game where smart halfback play would have eased the burden on the rest of the team. On a number of occasions Chad did the opposite.
He's not the reason we lost, but we should expect better.
Who you want? Wanna pay Milford twice as much to lead us to victory? Brooks who is also on more? Hunt? He's having a pretty good season so far... didn't do much for 2.5 times Chads pay the last couple years though did he.
Maybe save some dosh? Would you go Clifford or Averillo to win us that game? Old mate Flanju?
It's not like we had the #1 draft pick and took Chad. Because someone else raised it, Chad is our third highest paid half. I know some have decided to randomly assume he is on near a million or 700k+ but there is no support for that.
We kept cheap Chad to pay for better players in other areas.
Yeah there are halves better than Chad, plenty, most are paid more and that does affect who else is on our roster. There are also halves on similar levels and worse who definitely also don't win that game.
There's a handful of halves who give us a chance in that game.
Reckon if we have Munster he does a couple extra conservative kicks to win us that game? Or tries something?
slide rule
Jaws
The only recent half I can think of that *might* be able to manage you out of a game like that is Cronk.
Perhaps Thurston.
Perhaps Thurston.
Sharkmate
Bull Shark
They may have reduced the deficit but certainly not win the game with no bench.
Well there's two different things going on
There is whether trying something is a reasonable choice or if we should play conservative which is being discussed, but there is also just the fact fatigued and mediocre Chad did a **** job of trying something.
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I don't want Chad to win the game by himself, I want us to win the game as a team and everyone playing their role. Unfortunately tonight was hard on everyone, but players like Townsend and Moylan show that they aren't good enough.
This. Chad needed to give us more of a chance to win the game. Simply by keeping the ball in play or handing over possession cheaply on the third tackle put us under so much added pressure. I can guarantee if SJ was playing he would have played a much more conservative game, played to the corners giving our big boys a rest and made the eels work a bit harder with the ball. I don’t care if he didn’t kick it as far because of fatigue but 40m and out is better than 40m and in the middle of the field...
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Outside of a hall of famer no one could be expected to turn that game, let alone perform as expected with that structure and fatigue.
Write it off. Look to next week with hopefully 3/3 passing HIA protocols to play.
Write it off. Look to next week with hopefully 3/3 passing HIA protocols to play.
Bit worried about Katoa though
Hopefully all three HIAs pass and we might be Tracey at centre and Hiroti or Nene on wing :/